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the deficit is too big. we are not using the right baseline because we are assuming 8% increases every year as far as the eye can see and what bothers me in all of this, karl, is that the tea party's attack, "wall street journal," nro, weekly standard, they are called hob bits, senator mix cane mccain, it iss compromise mentality that gave us this debt and the tea party by -- this is what they said what they wanted from the elected officials they are standing on a principle. when did it become a bad thing to stand on your principles? >> i think you are right but let's remember this is about the debt ceiling that is part of but in some ways separate from the broader question of the deficit. and we have turned the debt ceiling into a welcome opportunity to do something about the deficit but we shouldn't expect to get everything done on this debt ceiling vote that needs to be done on the deficit because some involves deep structural reforms that ought to be discussed and debated for the good of the country. >>
the deficit is too big. we are not using the right baseline because we are assuming 8% increases every year as far as the eye can see and what bothers me in all of this, karl, is that the tea party's attack, "wall street journal," nro, weekly standard, they are called hob bits, senator mix cane mccain, it iss compromise mentality that gave us this debt and the tea party by -- this is what they said what they wanted from the elected officials they are standing on a principle. when did...
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these are big ifs. boy say none of the guys ran on the balanced budget amendment or did run on not playing micks. politics is another word for compromise in deal making and none of the new members has interest in compromise ordeal making. >> greta: the tweak tonight is a tougher tweak. it adheres to the side of the conservative and inflexible conservatives, right? >> sure. >> greta: goits to the senate. you say it gets ping ponged and tweaked again, it gets watered down. >> yes. correct. >> greta: that is when people goring to be unhappy. >> here is what reid and mcconnell would do. find a way to adjust the bill so you can get votes to get over 60 votes, and send it back to the house, now with democrats having voted for it, you can get democratic votes in the house. and boehner still needs to get a majority of the conference but there is more flexibility there. >> so he's going to lose more there because you can pick up democrats because of the changed bill? >> yes. there are a lot of republicans and i
these are big ifs. boy say none of the guys ran on the balanced budget amendment or did run on not playing micks. politics is another word for compromise in deal making and none of the new members has interest in compromise ordeal making. >> greta: the tweak tonight is a tougher tweak. it adheres to the side of the conservative and inflexible conservatives, right? >> sure. >> greta: goits to the senate. you say it gets ping ponged and tweaked again, it gets watered down....
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a big wave of payments about 23 billion and so on. obviously some things would not get funded in this country that typically do. what was interesting to hear what from speaker boehner today, chris, in that interview with laura ingraham, earlier today, around 4:00 p.m. eastern time, he was asked about the fact that wednesday would really mark the deadline if they were going to have votes in congress on this issue, that they would have to get their act together because that's when they would need to secure cloture and all the other parliamentary procedure they would need to hold votes. did he think they could craft a deal before wednesday and the speaker said it's only friday. he also said that he will attend as you mentioned tomorrow's session at the white house. he does not believe that his relationship with president obama has been permanently damaged. but he did say that it has been the republicans who have been all along pushing for tough spending cuts and that the white house has avoided every effort to make tough decisions about
a big wave of payments about 23 billion and so on. obviously some things would not get funded in this country that typically do. what was interesting to hear what from speaker boehner today, chris, in that interview with laura ingraham, earlier today, around 4:00 p.m. eastern time, he was asked about the fact that wednesday would really mark the deadline if they were going to have votes in congress on this issue, that they would have to get their act together because that's when they would need...